1876 in music
See also:
1875 in music,
other events of 1876,
1877 in music
and the list of 'years in music'.
Events August 16 - Ricard Wagner's Siegfried debuts in Bayreuth
Published popular music "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" by Thomas Payne Westendorf "Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" by Andrew Lang "Gay As A Lark" by Septimus Winner "When The Great Red Dawn is Shining" (anon) "Old Aunt Jemima" by James Grace "Rose of Killarney" by George Cooper & John Rogers Thomas
Classical music Pietro Abbà Cornaglia - RequiemFelix Draeseke - Six Fugues for piano; Dämmerungsräume: Five piano pieces, op 14 Benjamin Godard - Concerto Romantique
Opera Arrigo Boito - MefistofeleLuigi Denza - Wallenstein
Musical theater Births January 12 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer January 29 - Havergal Brian, composer (d. 1972) February 2 - Giovanni Zenatello, tenorFebruary 28 - John Alden Carpenter, composerMarch 11 - Carl Ruggles, composer (d. 1971)June 5 - Tony Jackson, jazz musician (d. 1920)August 14 - Florrie Forde, Australian-born English Music Hall singerSeptember 15 - Bruno Walter, conductor (d. 1962) November 23 - Manuel de Falla, composer (d. 1946)
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